Helminth and intestinal protozoa infections, multiparasitism and risk factors in Champasack province, Lao People's Democratic Republic.

• Main Authors: Somphou Sayasone (Author), Tippi K Mak (Author), Monely Vanmany (Author), Oroth Rasphone (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Kongsap Akkhavong (Author), Peter Odermatt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Detailed investigations of multiparasitism are scarce in the Mekong River basin. We assessed helminth (trematode, nematode, and cestode), and intestinal protozoa infections, and multiparasitism in random population samples from three different eco-epidemiological settings in Champasack p...